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Michelle Duggar
Expecting baby #20!! Congrats to them but I really hope she doesn't have the complications she had with #19.
Re: Michelle Duggar
lovelylittleworld
BFP#2 1/12/12 ~ Missed M/C 8w2d
DH is at home w/ DS while I'm at my checkup/glucose test this morning, and he texted me as soon as they made the announcement. I really hope for the baby's sake that she doesn't have health complications again resulting in such a premature birth...
... every single day of forever.
I feel really bad for her older children. They don't seem to have a typical teenage life. They spend all their time taking care of the younger children. If Michelle and Jim Bob want to have all those children that's fine but they should be the primary caretakers not the other children. If they can't then they shouldn't be having all of those children.
It really made me mad when I saw an episode where Michelle was talking about her high school years when she was cheerleader and participated in other after school activities. She has taken that opportunity away from her own children by expecting them to help her care for the younger children. What's really sad is that the older ones truly believe they are happy with this arrangement because it seems that they have not been given the opportunity to experience those fun teenage times/activities.
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w -- BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w -- BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d -- BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
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I don't know why the daughters aren't married off yet?
I think they're too emeshed in the family unit to have a life of their own.
Someone's getting a little brother!
~ Kelsey Jean ~
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Ditto!
It's great that they are able to have so many children and provide for their children, but at some point they have to think that there are other children in the world that could use a good home.
Does Jim Bob work for a company? Or are they in business for themselves? Obviously a NICU stay as long as Josie's, was very costly. And most of time that's covered by your insurance.
I couldn't have said it better.
They're in business for themselves - they own properties, plus the car lot, remember?
They always say they don't take any assistance, etc., but they totally take the tax write-off on all those kids.
I hope that she has a healthy and safe pregnancy and delivery.
Since I consider myself pro-choice and this is her choice, I say anything other than that. While it's not how I want to live my life, it works for their family.
I'm pro-choice too, but I still think its crazy to have that many kids. You may call me Judge Judy
This is my view. Since i consider myself pro-choice, i would be hypocritical if i did not also support the choice to have as many children as you want and can support. Even if i would never in a million years do it myself
Is speculating about MD's pregnancy and the advisability of it (or not) anti-choice?
I have seen so much commentary about her on FB today- all from women, who most likely consider themselves pro-choice. I think suggesting that someone be sterilized (yes, one of my FB friends suggested that someone hold her down by her bangs...) is anti-choice.
I think there are tons of women out there who get pregnant and have kids and shouldn't. I haven't heard anything directly linking the fact that she had had 18 children (fewer pregnancies since there are at least 2 sets of twins, right?) to the issues/early delivery she had in her last pregnancy. If anything, I would think that her issues are probably more a result of her age than her previous pregnancies.
I haven't read anything about Michelle's OB-GYN recently, but I saw the doctor she saw for most of her prenatal care, and deliveries, etc. in a TV interview say that MD is just really good at getting/being pregnant, having healthy babies, etc.
Yes, four months ago, baby Michael.
I think it's a stretch to call questioning the sanity of a 20th child "anti-choice". I'd question the sanity of a third abortion, and I don't think that makes me "anti-choice", either. That makes me anti-bad-decision. My third abortion point is hypothetical, but depending upon the details, I'd judge the shiz out of that, too.